Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLECA17029’

ABSTRACT

A new  calibrachoa  plant particularly distinguished by light pink flowers having a purple ring and yellow star pattern and a semi-upright plant habit, is disclosed.

Genus and species: Calibrachoa sp.

Variety denomination: ‘KLECA17029’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety ofcalibrachoa, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp., and hereinafterreferred to by the variety name ‘KLECA17029’. ‘KLECA17029’ originatedfrom a controlled cross conducted in Stuttgart, Germany in August 2014,between the female calibrachoa variety SUPERBELLS ‘Banana Chocolate’,also known as ‘USCAL 12202’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,385) and theproprietary male calibrachoa variety ‘CA-2013-0171’ (unpatented).

The seeds were sown and plants were grown for evaluation. A plant wasselected in May 2015 which had light pink flowers with a purple ring andyellow star pattern and was subsequently named ‘KLECA17029’. In May2015, ‘KLECA17029’ was first vegetatively propagated by tip cuttings inStuttgart, Germany. ‘KLECA17029’ was found to reproduce true to type insuccessive generations of asexual propagation via tip cuttings.

SUMMARY

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new variety when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Stuttgart, Germany.

-   -   1. Light pink flowers with a purple ring and yellow star        pattern; and    -   2. A semi-upright plant habit.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

This new calibrachoa plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographwhich shows the flowers and foliage of the plant. The photograph is ofan eight-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany inJune 2016. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained byconventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘KLECA17029’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inStuttgart, Germany. Data was collected from plants grown 8 weeks sincepotting in a greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany in May, 2018. Colorreferences are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal HorticulturalSociety of London (R.H.S.), 5^(th) edition (2007).

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Solanaceae.        -   Species.—Calibrachoa sp.        -   Common name.—Calibrachoa.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female.—Calibrachoa SUPERBELLS ‘Banana Chocolate’ (U.S.            Plant Pat. No. 25,385).        -   Male.—Calibrachoa ‘CA-2013-0171’ (unpatented).-   Plant description:    -   -   Life cycle.—Annual.        -   Form.—Short-lived subshrub.        -   Habit.—Semi-upright and mounding.        -   Height (from soil line to top of foliage).—10.5 cm.        -   Spread.—36.5 cm.-   Propagation.—Vegetatively propagated.    -   -   Type cuttings.—Tip cuttings.        -   Time to produce a rooted cutting.—3 weeks.-   Stems:    -   -   Stem color.—RHS 144B.        -   Pubescence.—Present.        -   Pubescence color.—RHS 155A.        -   Stem diameter.—0.15 cm.        -   Stem length.—23.0 cm. From soil line to first node: 0.1 cm.        -   Internode length.—2.5 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite.        -   Shape.—Elliptic.        -   Apex.—Broadly acute.        -   Base.—Attenuate.        -   Margin.—Entire, Ciliate.        -   Surface.—Puberulent.        -   Surface pubescence.—Present.        -   Pubescence color.—RHS 155A.        -   Venation.—Arcuate.        -   Venation color.—Upper surface: RHS 145B. Lower surface: RHS            145A.        -   Length.—2.0 cm to 4.0 cm.        -   Width.—0.8 cm to 2.0 cm.        -   Color.—Upper surface: RHS N137B. Lower surface: RHS 147B.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Attachment.—Sessile.-   Flowers:    -   -   Natural flowering season.—Continuous flowering from spring            through autumn and year round in a greenhouse environment.        -   Flowering habit.—Single flowers.        -   Flower type.—Determinate inflorescence.        -   Flowering requirements.—A minimum of light sun is required.        -   Number of flowers per plant.—100.        -   Number of buds per plant.—200.        -   Duration of flowers.—6 days.        -   Corolla.—Smooth texture.        -   Shape.—Funnel form.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Pedicel length.—2.2 cm.        -   Pedicel diameter.—0.13 cm.-   Flower buds:    -   -   Surface.—Smooth.        -   Length.—2.4 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.6 cm.        -   Shape.—Irregular to oblong.        -   Color.—RHS 36A (limbs) and RHS 154B (throat).-   Peduncle:    -   -   Length.—2.0 cm to 3.0 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.1 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 144A.        -   Texture.—Puberulent.        -   Anthocyanin color.—RHS N187A.-   Flower description:    -   -   Flower depth.—3.0 cm.        -   Flower tube length.—1.8 cm.        -   Flower tube diameter.—1.0 cm.        -   Flower throat diameter.—0.7 cm.        -   Flower diameter.—3.3 cm.        -   Pedicel color.—RHS 144A.        -   Calyx.—Funnel-shaped, salver form.-   Sepals:    -   -   Quantity per flower.—5.        -   Texture.—Densely glandular pubescent.        -   Shape.—Lanceolate.        -   Apex.—Narrowly acute.        -   Margin.—Entire, Ciliate.        -   Length.—1.0 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.4 cm.        -   Sepal color.—Upper surface: RHS 137A. Lower surface: RHS            N137C.-   Petals:    -   -   Shape.—Abcordate.        -   Length.—1.8 cm.        -   Apex.—Truncate.        -   Margin.—Entire.        -   Base.—Fused in the tube.        -   Pubescence.—Absent.        -   Texture.—Upper surface: Glabrous. Lower surface: Glandular            pubescent, dense along venation.        -   Lobe length.—1.5 cm.        -   Lobe width.—1.8 cm.        -   Color.—Lobe color: Upper surface: Star shaped marking and            large color transition to corolla tube. Main color is RHS            73D from margin to transition; main color at transition to            corolla tube is RHS 59A (near marking) to N66A (distal).            Vein lobe color is RHS 177B. Lower surface: RHS 69B with            veins colored RHS 200A. Corolla tube color: Inner: RHS 13A.            Outer: RHS 13C.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamen number.—5.        -   Anther color.—RHS 11B.        -   Anther shape.—Bilobed, ovoid.        -   Anther length.—Approximately 0.1 cm.        -   Filament color.—RHS 1C.        -   Filament length.—Approximately 0.9 cm.        -   Pollen color.—RHS 10D.        -   Pollen amount.—Abundant.        -   Ovary.—Placenta arrangement: Ovate. Pistil number: 1. Pistil            length: 0.9 cm. Stigma color: RHS 145B. Stigma shape:            Funnel. Stigma length: Approximately 0.1 cm. Style length:            0.7 cm. Style color: RHS 150C.-   Fruit/seed set: None observed.-   Disease/insect resistance: None observed.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY

‘KLECA17029’ is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1:

TABLE 1 Comparison with Parental Lines Female parent Variety SUPERBELLSMale parent Trait ‘KLECA17029’ ‘Banana Chocolate’ ‘CA-2013-0171’ Lobecolor, Light pink with Orange yellow Dark violet upper a purple ringwith a chocolate surface and yellow star brown center

‘KLECA17029’ is most similar to the calibrachoa plant named MINIFAMOUSNEO ‘Apricot Red Splash’ (also known as ‘KLECA17020’, Plant patentapplication Ser. No. 15/998,125). Differences between the two varietiesare described in Table 2:

TABLE 2 Comparison with Similar Variety Variety Commercial line Trait‘KLECA17029’ ‘KLECA17020’ Plant vigor Medium Slightly above mediumEarliness in Two days later than Two days earlier than flowering‘KLECA17020’ ‘KLECA17029’ Lobe color, Light pink with a Yellow-orangewith larger upper surface purple ring and red ring and smaller yellowyellow star star

We claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of calibrachoa plant named‘KLECA17029’ as illustrated and described herein.